Tom Quinn

Mrs Keppel (eBook, ePUB)

Mistress to the King

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

For Alice Keppel, it was all about appearances. Her precepts were those of the English upper classes: discretion, manners and charm. Nothing else mattered - especially when it came to her infamous affair with King Edward VII.

As the King's favourite mistress up until his death in 1910, Alice held significant influence at court and over Edward himself. But it wasn't just Edward she courted: throughout her life, Alice enthusiastically embarked on affairs with bankers, MPs, peers - anybody who could elevate her standing and pay the right price. She was a shrewd courtesan, and her charisma and voracity ensured her both power and money, combined as they were with an aptitude for manipulation.

Drawing on a range of sources, including salacious first-hand eyewitness accounts, bestselling author Tom Quinn paints an extraordinary picture of the Edwardian aristocracy, and traces the lives of royal mistresses down to Alice's great-granddaughter, the current Duchess of Cornwall. Both intriguing and astonishing, this is an unadulterated glimpse into a hidden world of scandal, decadence and debauchery.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Biteback Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781785901539
• Artikelnr.: 45795914

Autorenporträt

Tom Quinn is the author of Backstairs Billy: The Life of William Tallon, the Queen Mother's Most Devoted Servant; Cocoa at Midnight: The True Story of My Life as a Housekeeper; The Cook's Tale: Life below Stairs as It Really Was and many more titles. He lives in London.

Inhaltsangabe

Prelude: Then and Now
Introduction
Chapter 1: Alice - 'Not Quite Top Drawer'
Chapter 2: George - The Man Who Wasn't There
Chapter 3: Marriage a la Mode
Chapter 4: Bad Boy Bertie
Chapter 5: Ugly and Frog-like
Chapter 6: A Rake's Progress
Chapter 7: Stormclouds
Chapter 8: Secrets and Lies
Chapter 9: La Favourite
Chapter 10: King at Last
Chapter 11: The Beginning of the End
Chapter 12: Beginning Again
Chapter 13: Love among the Ruins
Chapter 14: Among the Exiles